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liberation

[lib-uh-rey-shuhn] / ˌlɪb əˈreɪ ʃən /


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Ceuzany, who has since received numerous messages and has engaged with women who are victims of domestic violence, has turned the song into an anthem of liberation and self-empowerment.

From Barron's Jul. 2, 2026

There he began developing the theories that would direct his life and work—the idea, for instance, that a “talented tenth” would lead black America to liberation.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

A minute or so after that, Tynecastle erupted to the sound of liberation from the torture of that first half.

From BBC May 4, 2026

“Liberation” is a memory play, in which a daughter attempts to understand her mother’s past as a member of a female liberation group in 1970s Ohio.

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2026

We also watched Methuselah, who after four months of liberation still hung around our house mumbling.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Indigenous communities - many disenchanted by years of unmet government promises - have long histories of occupations, which they call liberations.

From Reuters Sep. 30, 2022

Since then, fans have dreamed about a follow-up, one focused not on the Don Drapers of the world, but on the women whose limitations and liberations were the through-line of the series.

From New York Times Apr. 14, 2020

“Notre-Dame is our history, our literature, part of our psyche, the place of all our great events, our epidemics, our wars, our liberations, the epicenter of our lives,” he said.

From Fox News Apr. 16, 2019

The head medic, Naseem Qasim, a thirty-three-year-old major with a master’s degree in microbiology, had served with the 9th Division throughout the liberations of Ramadi and Falluja, where he’d been shot in the hip.

From The New Yorker Jan. 29, 2017

One may legitimately maintain, with Edith Wyatt, that the traditional methods of English verse are to the true artist not oppressions but liberations.

From A Study of Poetry by Bliss Perry




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